Popeye's nephews want to play with fireworks on July 4th, but Popeye tries to dissuade them. They manage to light some off and get into trouble. Popeye saves the day. Animation by Tom Johnson and Frank Endres. Story by Caryl Meyer. Music by Winston Sharples. Produced in 1957.
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Topics: popeye, paramount, cartoon
Superman is responsible for several acts of sabotage at the Yokohama Navy Yard in Japan. Lois Lane is held hostage but Superman saves the day. Animation by William Bowsky and William Henning. Music by Sammy Timberg. Produced in 1942.
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Topics: superman, max fleischer, japan
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The Three Stooges play the organ in an old silent picture movie theater to accompany an old black and white film. Includes live action intro by the Three Stooges. Animation by Chick Otterstrom, Kay Wright and Frank Onaitis. Music by Paul Horn.
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Topics: three stooges, silent movie, cambria studios
Jack Frost arrives in the forest, painting the leaves on the trees, pumpkins and anything else and warning the animals to prepare for the winter. An inquisitive young grizzly bear decides that he wants to see what the world looks like when everyone else is hibernating. When Old Man Winter catches him unawares, however, he needs Jack Frost's help in getting back home to his warm bed.
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Topics: Animation, Short
A mad scientist attempts to blow up Manhattan. Lois Lane investigates and Superman saves the day. Animation by Steve Muffati and Arnold Gillespie, story by Seymour Kneitel and Isadore Sparber, music by Sammy Timberg. Produced in 1942.
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Topics: superman, lois lane, action comics
Five children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve, and decide to give him some extra help around the workshop.
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Topics: Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye the Sailor and his arch enemy Bluto fight over Olive Oyl on Halloween. Animation by Al Eugster and William B. Pattengill. Music by Winston Sharples. Produced in 1954.
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Topics: popeye, bluto, olive
Santa needs Rudolph's help on Christmas Eve. Mystic Nights Videos
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Topics: Christmas, Santa, Rudolph, Reindeer, Christmas Cartoon, Mystic Nights Videos
This collection include 5 previously posted Betty Boop cartoons converted from DivX to QuickTime: Betty Boop: A Song a Day (1936), Betty Boop: Is My Pam Read (1932), Betty Boop: More Pep (1936), Betty Boop's Ker-Choo (1932), Betty Boop: The Candid Candidate (1937).
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Topics: animation, betty_boop, fleischer
Weatherby Groundhog predicts a cold winter and advises all the birds to fly south. But Woody Woodpecker decides to stay, and nearly starves. Animation by Alex Lovy and Lester Kline, story by Ben Hardaway and L.E. Elliott, music by Darrell Calker.
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Topics: woody the woodpecker, walter lantz, groundhog
A mad scientist unleashes robots to rob banks and loot museums. Superman saves the day. Animation by Steve Muffati and George Germanetti. Music by Sammy Timberg. Produced in 1941.
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Topics: superman, robot, action comics
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
A newspaper man interviews Fleischer who animates Betty and then goes into a retrospective of past episodes. Interesting to see Betty interact with real life characters.
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
The Three Stooges win a prize from a pet shop, a very large and ugly beastie. Animation by Chick Otterstrom, Kay Wright and Frank Onaitis. Music by Paul Horn.
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Topics: three stooges, animation, cartoon
Bluto bullies Popeye and attempts to sabotage Popeye's date with Olive. Animation by Tom Johnson and Frank Endres. Music by Winston Sharples. Produced in 1956.
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Topics: popeye, bluto, cartoon
Little Bo Peep and her free-range sheep are threatened when Wily and Jazzy wolves attempt to capture them. But Mighty Mouse saves the day.
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Topics: mighty mouse, wily wolf, little bo peep
From The Public Domain Movie Database: Betty travels to an invention show just full of crazy inventions. Betty and her friends demonstrate various doodads and gadgets.
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Topics: Fleischer Studios, Betty Boop
Memorable rendition of "St James Infirmary" by Cab Calloway
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
Little Boy Blue and Scarecrow sing and dance, Little Bo Peep and her sheep join in. Black Sheep cries "wolf", which causes problems when a real wolf shows up. Animation by U. B. Iwerks.
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Topics: little bo peep, little boy blue, fairy tale
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
Felix's goose, who lays golden eggs, is goose-napped by none other than Captain Kidd. Felix saves the day. A nice swashbuckling cartoon. Produced in 1936.
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Topics: felix the cat, captain kidd, goose
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
Olive Oyl is the femme fatale with a valuable, green, glowing jewel in need of protection. Popeye plays private eye and saves the day. Animation by Tom Johnson and Frank Endres. Story by I. Klein. Music by Winston Sharples. Produced in 1954.
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Topics: popeye, cartoon, animation
Popeye the Sailor snores while he sleeps, which disturbs Mouse, who is also trying to sleep. A war breaks out between Popeye and Mouse which Mouse eventually wins. Animation by Al Eugster and George Germanetti. Story by Irving Spector. Music by Winston Sharples. Produced in 1952.
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Topics: popeye, cartoon, animation
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
With Louis Armstrong
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
Popeye takes nephews to the Nautical Museum and tells them a story about how he "knocked the tar out" of Sinbad, the greatest sailor in the world. Animation by Tom Johnson and William Henning. Music by Winston Sharples. Produced in 1952.
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Topics: popeye, cartoon, animation
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
A Cinderella like tale in which Olive is the princess and Popeye is the prince. Bluto is the shopowner brute who bullies Olive, only to get taught a lesson by a buff, spinach-eating Prince Popeye. Animation by Al Eugster and William B. Pattengill, story by Irving Spector, scenics by Robert Connavale, and music by Winston Sharples. Produced in 1952.
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Topics: popeye, cinderella, olive
The following concise, informative description was taken from http://en.wikipedia.org: Flip the Frog was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first sound cartoon. It is about a happy-go-lucky, needy frog, named Flip the Frog. This cartoon was created by Ub Iwerks in 1930. He had drawn a frog and his girlfriend in "Night'", one of the last Silly Symphonies short films he drew while working for Walt Disney. After leaving Disney, Ub Iwerks began the Flip cartoon series with the help of Pat Powers. The...
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Topics: ANIMATION, CARTOON, FLIP, FROG, IWERKS
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Three Stooges go on safari but arrive on an island where there are hungry cannibals. Animation by CHick Otterstrom, Kay Wright and Frank Onaitis.
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Newly-wed flies go to stay at the Cobweb Hotel which is run by a hungry spider. Animation by David Tendlar and William Sturm. Music by Sammy Timberg and Bob Royhberg. Produced in 1936.
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Topics: paramount, cartoon, cob web
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
Betty Boop withdraw in 1939. This cartoon might be her best from that year. Her house is invaded by lively crows and she finds ways to handle the problem.
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Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
From The Public Domain Movie Database: Wiffle Waffle proposes to Betty Boop, but she tells him that she wants to marry a "bronco busting" cowboy. He heads off to a dude ranch to learn how to become a real cowboy.
Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
From The Public Domain Movie Database: Betty Boops efforts to stay in shape backfire when she becomes entangled in the exercise equipment. Jimmy seeks help for Betty, but becomes easily confused. In the meantime, Betty is becoming skinnier by the minute!
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Topics: Fleischer Studios, Betty Boop
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
City mouse Herman helps country mice get rid of the big bad cat. Animation by Dave Tendlar and Al Eugster. Story by Bill Turner and Larry Reilly. Scenics by Robert Owen. Music by Winston Sharples. Produced in 1947.
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Topic: noveltoon
Gorgeous Fleischer Studios adaptation of the classic fairy tale, featuring Betty Boop's only appearance in full color. Surprise - she's a redhead!
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Topics: betty boop, fleischer, cinderella, fleischer studios, U.M. & M., animation, musical
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
From The Public Domain Movie Database: Betty's baby won't go to sleep and is causing trouble around the house. It is up to Betty to develop a strategy to get the troublesome, mischievous child to sleep.
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Topics: Fleischer Studios, Betty Boop
Betty and Pudgy are on the roof of their tenement building, trying to get her pet pigeons back in their cage. One stubborn bird refuses to return to the roost, despite Betty's please. Pudgy, imagining himself a might hunting dog, attempts to catch the bird, with little success. When the pigeon gives Pudgy the slip, the little dog eventually wanders into the forest, where he falls asleep from exhaustion. The pigeon takes pity on Pudgy, and flies him back to Betty's home. When Pudgy wakes up on...
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Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
Betty is the cleaner a the local courthouse. On the bus ride to work one day, she grows tired of all the liberties her fellow citizens take. She falls asleep and dreams about what she'd do if she were the judge. Among her decrees: a thoughtless smoker learns about second-hand smoke the hard way, and an obnoxious celebrity impersonator is rewarded by having his ears blasted with imitations of Tarzan and the Shadow. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_for_a_Day)
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Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
From The Public Domain Movie Database: Betty operates a pet store where Henry wishes to purchase a puppy. Betty believes that everybody should have a pet and Henry agrees and works in the shop in hopes of getting a puppy. He gets into trouble with a monkey, dances with a dog, and accidently releases some birds. Betty is irate but rewards Henry with a puppy after he captures all of the birds.
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Topics: Fleischer Studios, Betty Boop
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
Betty runs for the office of President against Mr. Nobody. Both candidates state their platform through song and dance, referring to political issues of the time. Not long after this cartoon was released, Herbert Hoover was defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election.
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Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
A very superstitious cat tries to catch Buzzy for breakfast but Buzzy outsmarts him. Animation by Graham Place and John Walworth. Story by Carl Meyer and Jack Ward. Scenics by Anton Loeb. Music by Winston Sharples. Produced in 1946.
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Topics: cartoon, noveltoon, buzzy
Betty flies to Japan to do a show, and sings the title number. She then dons a kimono, and sings it again in Japanese. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Language_All_My_Own)
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Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
An Amos and Andy. I assume that archive viewers are able to get past the obnoxious racial stereotypes and appreciate this for what it is. a not untypical cartoon of the period. Official films were sold all over the country in short 8mm or 16mm versions,
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Topics: racism, animation
Betty, while reading a book of Mother Goose stories, wishes to visit such a wonderful place. Betty's wish is granted when Mother Goose appears, and gives her a tour of Mother Goose Land. Betty has a wonderful time until Little Miss Muffet's spider chases her, with lecherous ends in mind. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Goose_Land)
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Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
The Betty Boop Cinderella cartoon is already up on this site (http://www.archive.org/details/bb_poor_cinderella). This new copy isn't perfect, but it might be more true to the Fleischer style and the Cinecolor of the 1930s.
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Topics: Fleischer Studios, Betty Boop, Cinderella
From The Public Domain Movie Database: Sick zoo and farm animals come to Betty Boop's animal hospital seeking care from Nurse Betty.
Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
From The Public Domain Movie Database: Betty, her dog Bimbo, & Koko The Clown are in a car race where Betty wins even though she is under the weather.
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Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
Plot taken from IMDb: Betty Boop campaigns for Grampy for Mayor. He wins by one vote, but finds politics is no picnic. Urban renewal is parodied.
Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
Little Audrey, in the schoolroom, is sent to the corner stool to memorize Mother Goose rhymes. She falls asleep and dreams that she gets a tour of Mother Goose Land by Mother Goose herself. Comic book criminals sneak into Mother Goose Land and attempt to steal the goose who lays golden eggs. Audrey captures them and then wakes up. Animation by G. Germanetti and Steve Muffatti, story by I. Klein, scenics by Anton Loeb, music by Winston Sharples. Produced in 1950.
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Topics: little audrey, mother goose, goofy gander
From The Public Domain Movie Database: A fortune teller tries to work his magic in order to get up close & personal with Betty. He shows her the days of her youth in his crystal ball as well as her being stranded on a deserted island. Then he shows himself rescuing her from the island, but also inadvertently releases an unsavory group of ghosts who chase the pair through a jungle that also magically appeared. The pair loses the ghosts using the hollow-log-over-the-cliff trick.
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Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
From The Public Domain Movie Database: Betty, her dog Bimbo, & Koko The Clown are in a car race where Betty wins even though she is under the weather.
Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
From The Public Domain Movie Database: Sick zoo and farm animals come to Betty Boop's animal hospital seeking care from Nurse Betty.
Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
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Topics: Betty Boop, cartoon, humor
From The Public Domain Movie Database: A fortune teller tries to work his magic in order to get up close & personal with Betty. He shows her the days of her youth in his crystal ball as well as her being stranded on a deserted island. Then he shows himself rescuing her from the island, but also inadvertently releases an unsavory group of ghosts who chase the pair through a jungle that also magically appeared. The pair loses the ghosts using the hollow-log-over-the-cliff trick.
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Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
Plot taken from IMDb: Betty Boop campaigns for Grampy for Mayor; he wins by one vote, but finds politics is no picnic. Urban renewal is parodied.
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Topics: Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios
Caspar makes friends with a little fox. Animation by Myron Waldman, Morey Reden and Nick Tafuri. Scenics by Anto Loeb. Story by Bill Turner and Larry Reilly. Music by Winston Sharples. Narrator is Frank Gallop. Produced in 1948.
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Topics: caspar, ghost, cartoon
A messy family dog is told by its owner that it will be thrown out in the cold, after three puppies show up on the doorstep, complicating the dog's life. The owner, thinking the dog is responsible for the mess, finally discovers the puppies and all ends well. Animation by George Germanetti and Steve Muffatti. Story by Joe Stultz and Larry Riley. Scenics by Robert Connavale. Music by Winston Sharples. Produced in 1948.
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Topics: hector, animation, cartoon
Mr. and Mrs. Magpie find a new place to live and prove to be very bad neighbors. Story by John Foster. Music by Philip A. Scheib. Produced in 1946.
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Topics: terry-toon, magpie, paul terry
"Uncle Max" (Max Fleischer) draws Betty and Pudgy out of the inkwell. Pudgy is tired and unwilling to perform on Betty's command. Betty uses pen and ink to draw a machine that give Pudgy more pep. Unfortunately, the machine soon runs amok, speeding up not only Pudgy and Betty, but the entire city as well. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Pep)
Topics: Betty Boop, Max Fleischer
A sign language version of the animated classic "Cinderella"
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Topics: children, sign language
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